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A Hardcore Military Flight Sim That’ll Run On A Laptop

Modern flight simulators – not the recreational kind, the actual kind used to train pilots – are enormous, expensive things. They’re impressive, sure, but their cost and size mean they can’t exactly be used every day. Which is why a company has been given money by the US Air Force to develop something a little…

Nice View. Shame About The Neighbours.

Simon Robert is a freelance concept artist who has recently worked on the Game of Thrones TV series, Killzone (pictured above) and Ryse. You can see more of Simon’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…

Valve Denies It’s Going Through Your Browser History

A user on Reddit has posted a decompiled module that claims Valve’s anti-cheat service, VAC, is quietly going through your browser history and sending results back to its servers. Something Valve boss Gabe Newell has made a public statement to deny. It’s technical stuff, but the gist of the original claim is that VAC is…

A Few Surprising Ways That Pokémon and Science Influenced Each Other

While the creatures in Pokémon aren’t real, that doesn’t mean they’re not based on real things or scientific concepts. Heck, there are even scientific concepts named after things in Pokémon, amusingly enough. DYKGaming walks us through a bunch of fascinating facts about Pokémon and science in this video and if nothing else, it’s harder not…

Curious how they made The Last of Us? The documentary Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us is now free on Amazon. Apparently it’s pretty good, too!

Seven Secrets About Using Facebook You Might Not Know

Maybe you know that you have an “other” inbox in your Facebook messages tab. But did you know that you can make your own avatar into an emoji in Facebook chat? The folks over at BuzzFeed have compiled a few cool facts about Facebook which is worth a watch—maybe you’ll learn something new. Now excuse…

Military Pizza Could Last Up To Three Years

The great wars of the past were fought with biscuits and bread. The great wars of tomorrow will be fought with some amazing science pizza. For years now, the US military has been asking soldiers what food they’d like to see added to the varieties of MRE (Meal, Ready-To-Eat) currently available. The winner has always…

​You’ve Played Titanfall. What Do You Think?

If you were reading the video-game internet this weekend, your various feeds probably looked something like this: Titanfall Titanfall Titans Titanfall Titans Fall Titanfall Titanfall Titans Titanic Falling Titans Titanfall Titanfall! Blah blah, everyone is super psyched about Titanfall. The previously closed beta is now open to everyone on Xbox One and likely opening up…

A Prank That Shows Why We Need To Be Careful On The Internet

We all hear about how we should update our privacy settings on Facebook all the time, but for some people, it takes a prank like this one—where a guy comes up to random folks and tells them real details about their life—for it to really hit home. It’s easy for a lot of the stuff…

Things That Superheroes Do That Are Actually Really Weird In Real Life

For a superhero, having a sidekick isn’t so unusual—it’s practically a cliche. But in real life? The practice might be considered a little creepy. That’s just one funny example of many highlighted by Buzzfeed here—makes you wonder, are the eccentricities worth tolerating if it means you have a hero that will save you when you…

‘Final Fantasy Has Arrived’

Via Steve Lin, a Nintendo employee newsletter from June of 1990. “Oddly enough, this first-of-its-kind blockbuster is called Final Fantasy, but you can bet that it won’t be the last.”

Classic Mickey Mouse Remastered. Sort Of.

Here’s YouTuber Really3D with his take on Mickey Mouse. …Which basically amounts to a hilarious attempt to remaster Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse’s first appearance in glorious 3D. Realistic? Superior to the orignal? No, not really. Is this the scariest thing I’ve ever seen? Yes. Here’s the full clip: Mickey Mouse (1928) Remastered [YouTube] Top pic:…

You Can’t Play Titanfall On PS4–But You Can Watch It

Well, that’s one way to put Titanfall on the PS4, I guess. The channel Epic Reset Gaming (YouTube, Twitch) got the idea to share Titanfall with PlayStation 4 gamers through, once again, the magic of The Playroom, ostensibly an augmented reality game using your living room as the play space. Most folks who stream their…